I call them "Handy Pocket Guides" because they're info pages you can pop up for reference in-game instead of tabbing out to a web browser. In-game guides can also have things like waypoint buttons. The drawback is having to download a new one if there are updates, but I don't expect I'll have time to update this too terribly often, anyway.

1) Download the file. It's at the bottom of this post.

Depending on your browser, you may have to right-click the save link and manually select "Save link". If you just save it on your desktop, it'll be easy to find, and we're gonna move it somewhere else next anyway.

2) Find the file you saved. It should be called "jhpg.zip". Select it and Ctrl-X Cut it.

3) Start the AO Launcher and go to Settings -> GUI -> Scripts ... open. This will open the folder AO expects your scripts to be in.

4) Paste the "jhpg.zip" file there with Ctrl-V, and then right-click it to extract it here.(On Windows8, or possibly if you have other compression programs installed, it might "suggest" extracting it to Scripts/jhpg. You don't want that. Delete that last part and just extract it right here in the Scripts folder.)

It will ask about overwriting existing files. Just say "Yes to all". See below* if "overwrite" worries you.

5) You should now have a "jhpg" script and a "Jezebelle_HPG" sub-folder under scripts/text. You can double-check if you want, or you can just go to AO and see if they work.

6) In AO, you can open the guide index with the command:/jhpg

To make a macro for that, you would just type, or paste this command:/macro Jhpg /jhpg

To jump directly to the most recent edition of a specific guide, use:/jhpg Valentines/jhpg Christmas/jhpg Halloween/jhpg Anniversary

You can replace the "Hallow", "Aniv", "Vday", or "Xmas" part with whatever works for you. There are "make a macro" buttons for all that in the first index file that comes up with just /jhpg. So that one command is all you need to get started.

Once you confirm that these work, you should probably delete the "jhpg.zip" file from your scripts folder.

You should now be able to use that macro or script to pop up Handy Pocket Guides to the Halloween, Anniversary, Christmas, and Valentine's Day events in your Info window. Please let me know if you have any trouble with any part of this process.

*about overwriting

If you're concerned about overwriting existing files when you extract the zip, feel free to back up anything you want. Backups are always a good idea. Just don't worry too much about this because I was pretty careful to arrange it so it should only overwrite previous versions of these guides.Overwriting "All" includes only:1) the script "jhpg" that you use to open the info page and 2) a "text/Jezebelle_HPG" folder where this guide and the previous versions of it areYou might be using "text" for other panels and scripts, but I put all the files for these guides in a sub-folder under that, so it should only actually overwrite what's in the sub-folder, the previous copies of this guide, which is really what you want. This package includes my previous guides too, so it's okay to just overwrite the old ones so it can update them. If you want to look back at those the next time they come around, they'll still be there. The only thing that isn't tucked safely out of the way in "text/Jezebelle_HPG" is the "jhpg" script itself. If you happen to already have a different script called "jhpg" that you want to keep (I figured that would be pretty unlikely), you should rename that before extracting this one. Otherwise, it's perfectly safe to overwrite existing files for this.

v1.1 2015-12-19 added some details about Nophex (Santa Hat is permanent!) and D.B.Parasite items (unlocks for the whole account)v1.2 2015-12-25 added more details about Nophex (Orisky and Koleda are "unlimited" - nanos you upload so you can use them when you want instead of single-use treeballs)

Last edited by Jezebelle on Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:08 am, edited 2 times in total.

Hopefully I actually have time to do the content before they take it down. I'm sure this guide will come in handy when I do since it will probably be like a one time run to get as much as I can type of deal.

I just updated this for AOversary2016... which hasn't started yet. This is a pre-event release, so it's based on what happened last year and the information available on the forums and site news. There are missing details and links that won't work until the items are patched in, but it's enough to get started. How accurate it is depends on how much has changed since last year, which we're not going to know for a couple days. If anyone out there wants to grab the guide now and help me fill in the blanks when the event starts, especially in the higher level content, I'd appreciate it. I'll update this with corrected details when there are details to correct.

2016-06-23 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v0.9 after checking as much as I could today, but there are still details missing2016-06-26 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v0.92, moved the party info to the end and updated nomad levels and locations and added that nifty Signal Beacon: Explosive Entry I got from the Rider2016-06-30 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v0.95, rearranged Nomad drops to list Fanatic Only drops first and listed clues about the Commandos, but still need solid info.

2016-07-02 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v0.97, with confirmed details about Silencer's Armor (thanks, Dharzee!) and rearranging Nomad drops again - Level 1 Desert Nomads drop most of the same stuff as Fanatic Desert Nomads... which I think may all be level 1. So it's not so much that some items are really super rare on regular nomads, it's just that Level 1 Desert Nomads are rare if they're not Fanatics, and then the same stuff all the other nomads have is still in their loot table.

2016-07-07 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v0.98, added unconfirmed rumors of the Desert Nomad Commando and pretty much confirmed the Fanatic Desert Nomads are all Level 1 (Sharlyn and Kymie and I scanned several each - thanks for taking the time in the middle of that rush!), and the Digummy Paramoodik is indeed still in the Gift of the Desert Rider.

2016-07-10 Updated Anniversary 2016 to v1.00, because I finally found the Desert Nomad Commando, but I still don't know what he dropped. Way too tough for me. Unfortunately, it's over now, but I saw enough Level 1 and Fanatic nomads to categorize the loot and confirmed the Decoy Grid Terminal. Good place to pick up from next year.

This is a work in progress, but it's complete enough to be useful, so have at it. There are unconfirmed things and blanks and guesses and I'm sure there's stuff I'm completely missing. Feel free to let me know if you have any information to fill in those gaps.

First test was two alts both pulling the new 'solo' instance and teaming. First alt (engineer) entered the instance and warped the second alt into the instance. I kept them teamed and together in the instance while the engi kicked arse. When the engi killed the end boss, both characters received mission updates.

Second test was two alts both pulling the new 'solo' instance and teaming. First alt (engineer) entered the instance, then I tried to enter the instance with the second alt but each alt zoned into their own personal instance when using the door.

#BlameDharzee"I wish I had an angel for one moment of love." - Nightwish, Wish I Had An Angel

That's good to know. Solo instance taking priority over team is pretty much what I expected, but the warp working may have been an oversight. Thanks for the info. I'll make sure that gets into the next update.There is one other case that may be of interest. If a teammate has the mission, but you don't, then can you get into theirs? That would possibly be a bug, but might happen anyway. I might try testing this myself if I have time, but I might not have that much time before the big party.

Oops. Forgot to post a bump when I updated this on Friday. Not that it was much of an update. The Christmas guide now has a 2016 version with the correct dates and new details about the item store. No changes to the Christmas event as far as I noticed, so the rest of the changes were just a little reformatting. If you're using last year's guide, it's close enough.

2017-02-16 added a Valentine's Day 2017 page, even though it's the same as last year, just with the dates changed.- also added a page to the Christmas guide detailing all the possible contents of Christmas GIfts (a few details still need filling in)2017-02-22 fixed a typo in the link to the official news post

2017-10-26 - added Halloween 2017, v0.97, gave up waiting for an official forum or news post to link to, and there don't seem to be any other changes besides the party time and location and the free claims (pumpkin helmets shouldn't even count)